I'm having a moving sale this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 3. This should be interesting as I've never done anything like this before. And I'm not exactly looking forward to people tromping around my place. But, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Still not quite ready for it so I need to finish getting things done this morning.
I'll try to come back later today and post how it went.

Well, I called the crystal store from work yesterday and the owner said that times were rough and she couldn't afford to buy anything from me. Same with the crystal store I called closer to home that I used to go to. So now I'm not quite sure what to do with them. I suppose I could put them up on Craigslist or Ebay, but no idea what to ask for them.

I did alot of arranging and organizing last night. Which is good because I put an ad in the paper, both online and in print, starting Friday, for a moving sale this weekend. It will be 11 til 3 both Saturday and Sunday. I need to get things a little more organized and I've never had a sale like this or any kind of garage sale and so this should be interesting. I have to figure out how to get prices on things. I don't want to use stickers because they .... stick. lol

Might go by the antique store tonight. Didn't make it last night as there were a few more things I wanted to show them that I had to get out and get ready.

Need to call a lady today who was interested in the car and see when she would like to look at it.

I put an ad on a mailing list that I am part of and I've had a few replies, which makes me feel better about things. Insha'Allah I will be able to sell most things in the two weeks (minus a day) that I have left.

Mailing off my old video camera to my brother. It was actually originally his, but he gave it to me when he got a better one I guess. It's a super 8. Fun.
Also mailing off some David Bowie albums to an online friend who liked Bowie as much as I did, if not more. That's the last of the albums, the rest were sold some weeks back.
Slowly but surely getting many things out of the house! It feels good.
=)

Current idea, though it could change, is to ship my extra stuff on the plane with me instead of through a shipping company. It's $150 each for every bag over two. We shall see.

tuesday part 2

I got a lot done today.
Canceled my car insurance (as of the day after I leave).
Got the smog check done on the car after work.
Came home and polished silver for an hour and a half.
That was not how I wanted to spend my Tuesday evening, but the silver in the closet has been packed away for 11 years and desperately needed a polish. So I gave it a once over. It's not looking perfect (too much fancy scrollwork that needs a lot of time), but it looks much much better.
I called an antique store today and it's a co-op owned by 40 dealers or something, and the lady I spoke with told me that it's possible they would buy some of my things but I'd just have to bring them down and whoever was working that day would look at them. I'm hoping to go by tomorrow after work, as they're open til 6:30. That's why I was polishing the silver tonight.
I'll have a bunch of items to bring down and insha'Allah they will want to buy some things from me.

Also have an errand to do during work. There's a crystal store about 10 minutes from work and I'm hoping they'll buy some of my crystals from me. But the store closes fairly early, so I think I'll have to go down during my lunch break or something.

Still need to go by the cabinet store to try to get a new slide stopper for one of the dresser drawers.

I know it's been a few days since I posted. I've been pretty busy. Things are not going exactly as I thought they might and this is all taking longer than I thought it would.
Did some more work in Jake's room, cleaned out my photo drawer and made a small album to take with me.
Had the car in yesterday for a 400 dollar tune up. Unavoidable. Have someone who is interested to look at it for possible purchase, so hopefully they will decide to buy.
Turned my taxes in to my accountant Friday and he mailed them back to me Saturday. I only owe 1400 dollars. *sigh*
Have to get ready for work now but I'll try to post a bit more tonight.

I've done a bunch of work the last couple of days.
Today was spent doing kitchen stuff (getting things out that I'll try to sell) and taking some more pictures.
Plus I went through the stuff I had planned to ship and pared that down some. More to sell or give away.
Tried to bring most of the smaller items to sell that were upstairs and put them downstairs. I know that sentence isn't worded great but it's late. lol
Car needs to go into the shop Monday morning first thing and it's not really drivable at the moment, so we're in all weekend. I could probably drive it but it wouldn't be helping the car any.
I've had a couple of people interested in the car, which I'm thankful for.
It's starting to feel a bit strange - the move. Or just more real perhaps.
Not sure what we'll get up to tomorrow. Perhaps more in Jake's room. Lets see if I can get his dad to come pick up some more stuff.